I started listening to Awakening Level 2, in the beginning of March, approximately two months ago. It has been a little more than a year now since I started using the Holosync Program.
NOTE: Click here to see a list of the levels of this program and the corresponding duration.
Because I have chronic anxiety, I was a little concerned about getting more anxious while participating in this program. I had seen somewhere on the internet saying not to use Holosync because it causes anxiety. Obviously I did not like seeing this information. After reading it, I also got a little impressed, because, contrary to what the web page was saying, I was feeling calmer, more excited and with more energy since I started to participate in this meditation program.
The Holosync support material says that you may experience “upheaval” during your participation in the program. It does not say what type of “upheaval” you are going to experience. Well, I found this out, at least in part.
Just a little note about “upheaval”: the type of “upheaval” will depend on each individual. It seems to me that it is related to the most common ways that the individual reacts to things. For example, if the person gets angry when they face a challenge, probably this is the type of “upheaval” that the person may experience while participating in the program.
During the end of Awakening Level 1 and in the beginning of Awakening Level 2, I started to have periods of time where I felt significantly more anxious for no apparent reason. I was even wondering if I would be able to handle this “extra” anxiety.
Nothing had changed in my life. I was not going through any personal challenge and everything was exactly the same routine. Then, I started to think that I was going through an “upheaval” phase that the program support material talks about.
At about a month ago, on April the 6th, I decided to start an exercise routine of at least 30 minutes a day. I am glad I did that. The type of exercise that I am doing is cardio-vascular. After 5 to 10 minute warm-up, I slowly increase my heart rate to almost the maximum for my age.
I am feeling more relaxed not only after doing the exercise, but also during the day. I am also feeling happier, with more energy and more enthusiastic about things. Now the anxiety that I have is even less intense.
I found that the general well being and reduced anxiety that I am experiencing is due to my consistent use of the Holosync program combined with my daily routine of physical exercise. These two activities combined together (Meditation + Physical Exercises) have a greater impact on my general well being than if I were practicing just one of them.
Ideally you will always want to follow more than one self-improvement technique, because one may fill in the gaps of the other. Each technique will be stronger on certain aspects than the other. And where the benefits overlap, they will combine together to produce an even better result, such as the increased levels of energy that both Holosync and physical exercise bring.
i too suffer from chronic anxiety and i find the holosync creates more anxiety. i am going to try your rountine and see what happens. lens neurofeedback is the best thing i find for anxiety. it really works great!
Hi JB,
Lately, after I started doing routine physical exercises, I can’t really say if the “extra” anxiety that sometimes I have is due to Holosync. I suspect that sometimes it is.
Neurofeedback is something that really interests me. It looks promising for anxiety treatment. The good thing about it is that you know where you are at. With meditation, you feel that you are relaxed, but you don’t really know if it is just a superficial relaxation or if you are really deep on the brain waves.
With neurofeedback, you learn exactly what you have to do (how to breath, thought patterns, types of relaxation, etc) to feel calmer.
Coincidentally, I had my first qEEG assessment done today, before I read your message, in preparation for neurofeedback sessions!
Hello Louis,
how you are doing with the neurofeedback? I had 6 sessions of it because of anger and anxiety problems, i do feel a lot better, i was looking into holosync as a complement of it but because your post now i prefer stick with neurofeedback, im afraid i will mess up what neufofeedback has fix on my brain waves already…
Hi Lucy,
I haven’t started neurofeedback yet. I only had the qEEG assessment done. I intend to tell my experience with it after I get started.
It is probably a good idea to stick with neurofeedback only, since it is helping you a lot.
From what I have studied, neurofeedback is very powerful and has helped a lot of people.
Some people use it to improve their meditation, which seems to make meditation deeper and more powerful. The good thing about neurofeedback is that you don’t need to rely on your subjective experience in order to know how deep you are during your meditations. It shows you exactly where you are.
Good luck with your sessions.